At age 77, golfer Gary Player has become the oldest athlete to pose nude for the annual “Body
Issue” of ESPN the Magazine — and proudly so.

“After a lifetime dedicated to health & fitness, I’m chuffed to be in @ESPNmag’s Body Issue
to hopefully inspire others to work out & live well,” the septuagenarian tweeted last week.

He wasn’t always so gung-ho, however, about baring his birthday suit; the Golf Hall of Famer
admitted in another tweet that he was “at first hesitant, but @ESPNmag’s Body Issue celebrates the
human body. No matter what your age, we should all look after ourselves!”

Before the Player photo shoot, which will hit newsstands on July 12, the oldest nude model in
the magazine was 73-year-old swimmer Jeff Farrell, who stripped in 2010.